UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he has no plans to step aside as leader of the Labour Party as results in local elections show large gains for the populist Reform UK party of Nigel Farage. By late afternoon, with more than a third of English councils declared, Reform had logged a net gain of 417 seats, while Labour’s tally was down by 268. The governing party has lost around half of the se...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he has no plans to step aside as leader of the Labour Party as results in local elections show large gains for the populist Reform UK party of Nigel Farage. By late afternoon, with more than a third of English councils declared, Reform had logged a net gain of 417 seats, while Labour’s tally was down by 268. The governing party has lost around half of the seats it was defending. While below the pace of some of the worst-case predictions, it does highlight a splintering of British politics. The Reform and Green parties made significant gains on both the right and left, challenging the Tory-Labour duopoly that has dominated British politics for more than a decade. There have been no counts completed in the Welsh and Scottish parliamentary elections , although Labour has reconciled itself to losing to the Scottish National Party. In the Welsh assembly, the governing party appears set to place third behind Reform and Plaid Cymru, which would be a huge collapse in fortunes for Labour. The results threaten to deepen discontent already existing within Labour about Starmer’s leadership. But despite Labour’s losses, UK government bonds rallied as Starmer vowed to remain as prime minister until the next election. “The voters have sent a message about the pace of change, how they want their lives improved. I was elected to meet those challenges, and I’m not going to walk away from those challenges and plunge the country into chaos,” he told broadcasters today. What You Need to Know Today The United States expects Iran to respond to the latest proposal by President Donald Trump imminently to bring an end to the war. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio told reporters that Iran “should” give an answer today. Overnight, clashes fractured the month-long ceasefire. Iran, however, has given no indication whether it will accept the plan , which was sent on Wednesday. Under Trump’s proposal, the Islamic Republic would reopen the Strait of Hormuz whil...
The EP-136 KO Sidekick sandwiched between two KO-II samplers. | Image: Teenage Engineering The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering's stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets. Though, it can connect any two audio sources, not just TE gear. The mixer leaked a couple of times, but what those leaks didn't show was that...
The EP-136 KO Sidekick sandwiched between two KO-II samplers. | Image: Teenage Engineering The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering's stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets. Though, it can connect any two audio sources, not just TE gear. The mixer leaked a couple of times, but what those leaks didn't show was that it's also a robust effects processor that brings some of TE's beloved punch-in effects to any instrument in your arsenal. The EP-136 by default supports two stereo ins, but can also be switched to four mono inputs using split audio adapters. In addition, it supports two stereo channels over USB-C, so you can actually use it to control … Read the full story at The Verge.
In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens of the animals to India's wildlife reserve instead. (Image credit: Fernando Vergara)
In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens of the animals to India's wildlife reserve instead. (Image credit: Fernando Vergara)
Nemes Laszlo/iStock via Getty Images Ginkgo Bioworks ( DNA ) plunged nearly 14% on Friday after outlining FY26 cash burn guidance in the range of $125M to $150M during its first-quarter results . The stock declined 13.08% to $8.97 during noon. It had slumped as much as 17% during post-market hours on Thursday. The Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm reported EPS of -$1.28, slightly better than ...
Nemes Laszlo/iStock via Getty Images Ginkgo Bioworks ( DNA ) plunged nearly 14% on Friday after outlining FY26 cash burn guidance in the range of $125M to $150M during its first-quarter results . The stock declined 13.08% to $8.97 during noon. It had slumped as much as 17% during post-market hours on Thursday. The Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm reported EPS of -$1.28, slightly better than what analysts had expected. Revenue fell 50% Y/Y to $19M, which was attributed to ongoing program rationalization as part of its restructuring activities. Cash burn in the first quarter was $48M, down from $58M in the corresponding quarter last year, translating to a 17% decrease. This included a $14M payment to Google Cloud, the firm said. “Excluding the payment to Google Cloud, cash burn reflects a significant decrease in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the first quarter of 2025, which was a direct result of the restructuring,” Chief Financial Officer Steven Coen said. The stock had ended +3.81% and +2.38% ahead of its results on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Friday’s slump has erased its previous gains. On a YTD basis, however, DNA has moved in tandem with the wider markets, gaining 7.22%. More on Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (DNA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Ginkgo Bioworks: Shedding Biosecurity And Doubling Down On Autonomy Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Ginkgo outlines $125M-$150M 2026 cash burn guidance while expanding Nebula to 103 racks ProQR forms advisory board, partnership with Ginkgo as part of AI strategy
Earnings Call Insights: VTEX (VTEX) Q1 2026 Management view CEO Geraldo do Carmo Thomaz framed Q1 execution around “4 key growth factors: global expansion, B2B, retail media and AI,” adding that “our top line results were in line with our guidance, while our profitability and cash generation both doubled year-over-year and exceeded our guidance,” while also acknowledging “recent growth has been be...
Earnings Call Insights: VTEX (VTEX) Q1 2026 Management view CEO Geraldo do Carmo Thomaz framed Q1 execution around “4 key growth factors: global expansion, B2B, retail media and AI,” adding that “our top line results were in line with our guidance, while our profitability and cash generation both doubled year-over-year and exceeded our guidance,” while also acknowledging “recent growth has been below our long-term ambitions.” Thomaz positioned the product roadmap as a platform shift, saying VTEX is “moving beyond the traditional Software-as-a-Service model to deliver the first AI-native common suite,” with “the VTEX AI workspace” as the “command center” where agents “autonomously diagnose root causes, architect strategic action plans and execute them with minimal human oversight.” CFO Ricardo Sodre reported Q1 operating performance and capital return, including “GMV reached $5.1 billion,” “subscription revenue was $60.0 million,” non-GAAP subscription gross margin of “81.5%,” non-GAAP income from operations of “$10.6 million,” free cash flow of “$13.3 million,” and share repurchases of “2.5 million Class A common shares at an average price of $3.86 per share for a total cost of $9.7 million.” Outlook Sodre guided Q2 2026 to “subscription revenue to grow at a low- to mid-single-digit percentage rate on an FX-neutral year-over-year basis,” with “gross profit to grow at a mid-single-digit percentage rate,” and “non-GAAP income from operations to be in the high-teens to low-20s percentage margin and free cash flow to be in the high-teens to low-20s percentage margin.” For full-year 2026, Sodre said VTEX “now expect[s] subscription revenue to grow at a mid-single-digit percentage rate on an FX-neutral year-over-year basis and gross profit to grow at a high single-digit FX-neutral rate,” while “maintaining our outlook for non-GAAP income from operations in the low 20s percentage margin and free cash flow also in the low 20s percentage margin.” On FX translation, Sodre sai...
格隆汇5月9日｜Jane Street Group在今年第一季度创下161亿美元交易收入的纪录，较2025年第一季度的收入增长了一倍多。净利润同样较去年同期翻了一番，Jane Street 报告第一季度净利润为 103 亿美元。Jane Street 的业绩主要受中频策略推动，并受益于对人工智能和科技公司的私人投资。
格隆汇5月9日｜Jane Street Group在今年第一季度创下161亿美元交易收入的纪录，较2025年第一季度的收入增长了一倍多。净利润同样较去年同期翻了一番，Jane Street 报告第一季度净利润为 103 亿美元。Jane Street 的业绩主要受中频策略推动，并受益于对人工智能和科技公司的私人投资。
Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images Back in February of last year, I warned investors that Dover Corporation ( DOV ) was starting to get pricey. During the time that I had been neutral on the stock leading up to that point, shares performed around the level of what the broader market experienced. But I viewed further upside relative to the market as unlikely. I ultimately, because of the qua...
Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images Back in February of last year, I warned investors that Dover Corporation ( DOV ) was starting to get pricey. During the time that I had been neutral on the stock leading up to that point, shares performed around the level of what the broader market experienced. But I viewed further upside relative to the market as unlikely. I ultimately, because of the quality of the institution, reaffirmed it as a "Hold" candidate. But since then, we have seen some underperformance. The S&P 500 is up 20.9%. Over the same period, Dover Corporation has risen just 12.9%. This is even though revenue, profits, and cash flows continue to rise. Even though the stock is cheaper than other similar firms, it is still quite lofty on an absolute basis. I wouldn't go so far as to say that downgrading it to a "Sell" makes sense here. But I do believe that a "Hold" is the best that I can assign it at this time. Checking in on Dover Corporation Operationally speaking, Dover Corporation is a rather interesting business . According to management, the company serves as a global producer and solutions provider involving equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and even support services for various end markets. For instance, under its Engineered Products segment, it offers up many of these items to the vehicle aftermarket, aerospace, defense, precision soldering, and other miscellaneous end markets. Through its Clean Energy & Fueling segment, it provides components, equipment, software solutions, and services for the storage, transport, dispensing, and remote monitoring of both traditional and clean fuels such as LNG and hydrogen. It also caters to companies that deal with cryogenic gases and other hazardous substances. The company’s Imaging & Identification segment is involved in the provision of precision marking and coding, product traceability, brand protection, and digital textile printing equipment....
Earnings Call Insights: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) Q1 2026 Management View "Today, we released our definitive first quarter financial results, which included adjusted EBITDA of $30 million and 3.6 million tons shipped." (CEO, Treasurer & Director Charles Eidson) "The development of war-related inflationary impacts on diesel and other supplies was not included in our projections but this p...
Earnings Call Insights: Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR) Q1 2026 Management View "Today, we released our definitive first quarter financial results, which included adjusted EBITDA of $30 million and 3.6 million tons shipped." (CEO, Treasurer & Director Charles Eidson) "The development of war-related inflationary impacts on diesel and other supplies was not included in our projections but this put additional pressure on our cost of coal sales, which came in at $108 for the quarter." (CEO, Treasurer & Director Eidson) "Our realizations improved quarter-over-quarter, largely due to increases in the low-vol indexes... due to supply-related issues from flooding in Australia" and management highlighted dislocations across benchmarks: "the Australian PLV is currently $45 per metric ton higher" than the U.S. East Coast low-vol index, and "there is a further $36 per ton gap down" to U.S. East Coast high-vol A. (CEO, Treasurer & Director Eidson) "Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter was $30 million, up from $28.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2025." (Executive VP & CFO Todd Munsey) "As of March 31, we had $317.2 million in unrestricted cash and $49.6 million in short-term investments" and "Alpha had total liquidity of $476.2 million." (Executive VP & CFO Munsey) Outlook "Given this and since we expect improved operational performance in both coal volumes and cost of coal sales for the balance of 2026, we believe it is still possible to finish the year within the top end of our existing cost guidance range of $95 to $101 per ton." (CEO, Treasurer & Director Eidson) "However, if the Iranian conflict and its resulting inflationary impacts persist, we will likely adjust our cost guidance upward." (CEO, Treasurer & Director Eidson) On shipment seasonality, management reiterated a typical cadence: "Q1 and Q4 are going to be your lightest quarters" and "most of the makeup... will happen in the middle 2 quarters." (CEO, Treasurer & Director Eidson) Financial Results "We sold 3...
Release follows Trump directive for agencies to declassify government files related to unidentified flying objects The Pentagon on Friday released an initial group of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs – a move sought for decades by some. “These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation – and it’s time the American people see it for themselves,” ...
Release follows Trump directive for agencies to declassify government files related to unidentified flying objects The Pentagon on Friday released an initial group of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs – a move sought for decades by some. “These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation – and it’s time the American people see it for themselves,” Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, said in a statement posted on X. Continue reading...
Michael Vi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images NIO Inc.'s ( NIO ) days as a purely volume-driven, cash-burning Chinese EV maker may finally be starting to fade. My previous thesis on NIO addressed an angle where the market was potentially underestimating the Chinese EV maker as it migrated from a volume-driven story into one driven by margins, mix, and operational breakeven. The 4Q25 results reporte...
Michael Vi/iStock Editorial via Getty Images NIO Inc.'s ( NIO ) days as a purely volume-driven, cash-burning Chinese EV maker may finally be starting to fade. My previous thesis on NIO addressed an angle where the market was potentially underestimating the Chinese EV maker as it migrated from a volume-driven story into one driven by margins, mix, and operational breakeven. The 4Q25 results reported in March brought the confirmation of an operational breakeven. In addition, the strong deliveries in 1Q26, arguably with the maintenance of margins at robust levels driven by the ES8 model, helped fuel the re-rating of NIO's ADR after the most recent earnings. That being said, the re-rating proved short-lived, as NIO's ADR pulled back once again after posting softer delivery numbers in April. Data by YCharts Looking forward, despite some recent sequential delivery growth volatility, I believe that the bull case in NIO is no longer about whether achieving a breakeven is viable, but rather whether the company will be able to sustain this new operating structure through 2026. With ES8 acting as a high-margin anchor, vehicle margins close to 18%, much more disciplined OpEx, and the management team laser-focused on delivering a full-year non-GAAP operating breakeven in 2026, it still seems to me that there is a relevant degree of market underestimation in the speed of NIO's operating leverage. Why 4Q25 Changed the NIO Story Prior to 4Q25, NIO cut its delivery guidance from 150k to 120k–125k, but at the same time, maintained confidence in achieving breakeven—and that was just what the market seemed to doubt. But NIO did not hold back, and even before announcing the FY25 earnings, the company issued a "profit alert" note, confirming that breakeven had been achieved. And I believe that NIO ended up issuing this warning because it potentially feared that the market would not react well to the weaker delivery numbers in 4Q25 that were, in fact, confirmed on earnings day. NIO ended ...
Amazon, ticker NasdaqGS:AMZN, has launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, opening its logistics network to third party businesses. The new offering extends Amazon freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities to sectors such as healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, and retail. This move positions Amazon as a direct competitor to established logistics providers and adds a new...
Amazon, ticker NasdaqGS:AMZN, has launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, opening its logistics network to third party businesses. The new offering extends Amazon freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities to sectors such as healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, and retail. This move positions Amazon as a direct competitor to established logistics providers and adds a new fee based service line to its business model. Amazon has long been known for its e commerce...
Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
"Damage Done Already" - Oil May Take Year To Normalize: Adam Parker Last night’s ZeroHedge debate featured the cautiously bullish Adam Parker, former Morgan Stanley chief equity strategist who now runs Trivariate , and bearish money manager Michael Pento, hosted by Adam Taggart of Thoughtful Money . While Parker is largely optimistic about equities, he put forth a gloomy prediction on gas prices, ...
"Damage Done Already" - Oil May Take Year To Normalize: Adam Parker Last night’s ZeroHedge debate featured the cautiously bullish Adam Parker, former Morgan Stanley chief equity strategist who now runs Trivariate , and bearish money manager Michael Pento, hosted by Adam Taggart of Thoughtful Money . While Parker is largely optimistic about equities, he put forth a gloomy prediction on gas prices, based on what he is hearing as a consensus on Wall Street. Namely that prices will remain high for at least a year even if Hormuz were to open today. His full comments below and highlights from last night's debate. Check out the full discussion to hear how both Pento and Parker are positioned going into year-end: Best case: More pain at the pump Parker warned that oil markets may remain structurally elevated even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens immediately, arguing that current pricing still underestimates how long normalization could take. “ The consensus view is it takes much longer to normalize than what’s in the 12-month forward Brent, ” Parker said, noting that forward oil pricing in the high-$70 range likely needs to be revised upward. “Even if we’ve really truly reached some agreement now, it’ll take several months to get back toward where we were already, maybe a year. ” Parker added that economic damage from the energy spike has likely already occurred, particularly for consumer-facing sectors. “ There’s damage done already to consumer discretionary and staples earnings. ” He argued the bigger debate now is whether equity markets continue looking through the near-term pressure on the assumption conditions eventually improve. pic.twitter.com/U7l6fCDG9h — ZeroHedge Debates (@zerohedgeDebate) May 8, 2026 If Hormuz doesn’t open… Renewed hot Middle East conflict and continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz would quickly mean severe inflation and a likely recession, according to Pento. In other words: stagflation. “ Prolonged conflagration in the Middle East? Well, firs...
filo/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis Just over a month ago, I wrote that the markets were “ repeating 2025's Tantrum Playbook ” by reacting to every single headline coming out from the Iran war. That call served as the bottom of the March correction. Investors who bought the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) since my call would be up 11-12%. At the time, three things made me confident about calling that...
filo/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis Just over a month ago, I wrote that the markets were “ repeating 2025's Tantrum Playbook ” by reacting to every single headline coming out from the Iran war. That call served as the bottom of the March correction. Investors who bought the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) since my call would be up 11-12%. At the time, three things made me confident about calling that bottom. On a relative basis, crude prices fell back in line, reigning in inflation expectations; the dollar pulled back, and money supply was still expanding. This brings us to the present-day situation where the Iran war is said to be over . Unfortunately, financial indicators are saying otherwise. Signals are now strongly hinting that inflation could come back to haunt the markets. And the investors are silently but gradually positioning their portfolios to weather a period of rising inflation similar to the early days of the 2022 geopolitical tensions. I am now adopting a neutral stance on the S&P 500 based on the rising risks of inflation and elevated supply chain choke points as detailed below. The Threat Of Inflation Is Real - Don't Ignore It In the start of this post, I wrote about three key indicators that were responsible for shaping my bullish optimism in the markets at the start of last month, a time when fears of the economic fallout from the war were at a high. In addition, I suspect markets were initially ignoring the consistent upgrades to forward EPS estimates for CY26 that continued to stay strong. Markets eventually latched onto the strong optimism demonstrated in the robust consensus estimates for CY26 EPS estimates. This was also recently highlighted by the FT , who said strong upward momentum in CY26 EPS upgrades “explain why markets have been so remarkably resilient to the Middle East mess.” Exhibit A: S&P 500 EPS growth revisions, in percent points, have been strongest in 2026. (FT) The last known consensus estimates indicate the S&P 500 is expected ...